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Ali Goldsworthy @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Unlocking the next chapter of doing many things less well than one thing. Though this time I’m not just going for the lols. Time to knuckle down and get some hardware.

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Ali Goldsworthy @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Adding this to the misaligned incentives on engagement folder. No, the aim of your engagement team should not be to drag and ratio if it isn’t in service of, you know, winning elections. And there is quite a lot of evidence, it helps raise money, but doesn’t help win.

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Ali Goldsworthy @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This by @benansell.bsky.social is so good it deserves to end my Bluesky hiatus. Which is exactly the audience he wants for it 🤣 open.substack.com/pub/benansel...

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Pardogatto Progressivism

The switch in radicalism from left to right is the key challenge of our age

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James Graham @jamesgraham.theliberati.net · 20/04/2026

I continue to believe that this is the best voting technology ever devised

A pencil with “SHAW'S BALLOT PENCIL” stamped on it.

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I was on a @bbc radio special on political violence today. I discussed the role of identity, threat, and leadership, and we can defuse violence and intergroup conflict. You can listen to the full interview here with @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/7uWb...

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How Not to Kill a Politician

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Ali Goldsworthy @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

What went through your mind when you heard there had been an assassination attempt on President Trump? Was it pure horror? Or did a different thought flicker, even privately, through your head? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Currently - How Not to Kill a Politician - BBC Sounds

What causes political violence, and what can we do to prevent it?

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Maggie McTernan @maggsmct.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

“We didn’t always see eye to eye but we always saw each other” Powerful listen from @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social on how we respond to the rising tide of political violence www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Currently - How Not to Kill a Politician - BBC Sounds

What causes political violence, and what can we do to prevent it?

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Dr Kate Maltby @katemaltby.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I'm not posting here as regularly as I should, but away from the headlines about Keir Starmer's fate, here's a smaller story about the Westminster Epstein fallout you may have missed. This isn't just a Mandelson scandal - it's about women's bodies and how we treat them observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

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It’s years too late, but at least Ed Davey is learning fr...

The Lib Dem leader has finally taken action against a peer who was at the centre of 2013 inquiry involving complaints by four women

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Rob Blackie @robblackie.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Russians are reading more books about living in dictatorships like Nazi Germany, since the invasion of Ukraine. History is a safe way to dissent. H/T @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social

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Ali Goldsworthy @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

And then she changed it. And changed the law. Congratulations Zelda and the team at Can’t Buy My Silence

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Today is the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on London on 7th July 2005, a terrible day on which 52 people were killed by four bombs on three tube trains and a bus. The King and Prime Minister Keir Starmer will lead national commemorations today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025....

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Starmer, Cooper and King Charles mark 20th anniversary of 7/7 attacks

PM says ‘those who tried to divide us failed’ while monarch says victims and stories of courage should be remembered

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Ali Goldsworthy @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Waiting for Bluesky to develop push notifications to keep an eye on the interesting stuff here…

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Duncan Hames @duncanhames.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

“Last weekend, the world’s richest man closed down the world’s largest humanitarian effort, and no one ever voted for him.” I felt it needed saying.

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Ali Goldsworthy @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Played a very small part in making this happen. @robblackie.bsky.social is the best.

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Ali Goldsworthy @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

This is a fascinating interview. I recall being at an Islington count in 2006 when people (not Labour) who’d worked hard for years lost their seats and jobs. It’s politics it happens. Emily stood their whooping over people losing their seats. Maybe she regrets that now

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Ali Goldsworthy @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

The account to follow for what’s going on in Korea

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I want to write about something very stupid that happened to me yesterday. I don’t want to do it in a self-serving way but I do think it illustrates a good point. As the pardon news broke I was asked a question about it and I didn’t have a clear answer so I just said I had to think about it.

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Ali Goldsworthy @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Very much enjoy and learn from this substack. Recommended 👇👇

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Julian Huppert @julianhuppert.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

My mother was an amazing woman. She died in August in Australia from breast cancer, via Voluntary Assisted Dying. It was what she wanted; a chance to die on her own terms, with dignity, when she chose. Anyone who wants such a good death should be allowed one here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Ex Cambridge MP Julian Huppert's mum used assisted dying laws

The former MP says she was able to die with dignity and say

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Dan Hopkins @dhopkins1776.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I hesitate to post given possible misreadings, but these regressions show wave 1 (Feb/Mar '24) variables predicting support for Trump (1) vs. Biden/Harris (-1). Key finding: white respondents' anti-Black prejudice is no more predictive of candidate support in Sept./Oct. than in Feb/March.

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Ali Goldsworthy @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

My old colleagues at Freewill are hiring. They are simply outstanding and if you want to join a top team that will make you better … this is the Chief of Staff role for you. job-boards.greenhouse.io/freewill/job...

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Job Application for Chief of Staff at FreeWill

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

If any journalists reporting/ writing about the role of racism in the Exodus from X, keen to talk to you about it I have some fresh personal experience of the further deterioration, some of which could be significant/useful if Musk/his people do get quizzed in parliament on X, the riots & racism

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Ali Goldsworthy @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Wtf is this from @theguardian.com Steven Bartlett is promoting his own personal manifesto as PAID content on your site. This is not journalism. H/t @mikebutcher.bsky.social

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Ali Goldsworthy @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Work for one of the really good guys. On a hell of a new team 👇👇👇

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Ali Goldsworthy @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

There’s less evidence of filter bubbles and echo chambers than many think. But where is the evidence strong? among the politically active…. Exhibit A t.co/qQdkqW33fL

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https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/14/24295814/kamala-harris-tiktok-filter-bubble-donald-trump-algorithm

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Ali Goldsworthy @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Terrible headline, super thoughtful piece from Yascha Mounk. How can journalists report well and maintain trust in their outlets if they become perceived as activists? What does it do to their ability to hold people to account? substack.com/app-link/pos...

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Dear Journalists: Stop Trying to Save Democracy

Journalists who turn themselves into political activists inadvertently undermine democratic institutions.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

There are just two people online who I hope never set their sights on me: Isaac Chotiner and the menswear guy

Derek Guy: imagine graduating from Harvard, producing a show at MSNBC, advising the Senate Budget Committee, and writing a book about US economic policy, only to be out-influenced by a guy who spent 15 years arguing about pants on an obscure menswear forum

Matt Stoller: While it's easy to rail against unnamed elites, there's a broad cultural problem among Dems in general. One beloved Dem Twitter account is that of a snob who mocks wardrobes for not being authentically aristocratic.

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Zamira Rahim @zamirarahim.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

At a dinner the other day I was chatting with friends about which French journo would write the definitive book about the Pelicot trial. Incredibly moved by the fact that instead, Caroline Darian is going to write about her mother's story. www.thebookseller.com/rights/lagom...

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Lagom wins three-way auction to 'remarkable' account from Caroline Darian, daughter of Dominique Pelicot

Lagom has won a three-way auction to the rights for the 'remarkable' account from Caroline Darian, daughter of Dominique Pelicot.

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Ali Goldsworthy @aligoldsworthy.bsky.social · 26/09/2024

Thrilled by all the new people joining on here. Another channel to try and keep abreast of. 😜

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